Here it is the beginning of a new way to work. Still in order to avoid the Procrastination, I will define the improvement.
Now it is: -less structured: no activity planned for a specific day but some goals to achieve for 1, 2 or 3 weeks later. -more flexible: no time restrictions. I don't have to do, I can do cause I am motivated. -based on the motivation: I have the motivation due to the personnal aspect of this project. Now, I have to keep it by using various way. A ressource more professional using like working axis is added in my way to work. This way is a book: "Cours De Coréen - Niveau Débutant - 2 Volumes (2cd Audio)". It's not a simple book but it mixes listenning, speaking, writing and reading. It includes culture too. It can permit me to fulfill my own goal: "Be abble to introduce myself and answer to my need with the korean langage" it is about korean day life. -analyze my work easier: each 1, 2 or three weeks I will define a new goal. I will have few weeks to fulfill it. Every working time, I will use the wikispace for two things: explain my achieved activity (what, where, how,...) and my feeling.
07/10/13: Current issue (from the last meeting with M.REES): How to learn the Korean language day to day and in 5 months whereas I am working at the last time?
14/10/13 First goal: Be abble to introduce myself (writing and speaking) and understand someone who is introducing himself (reading and listenning). For this I have to work with the book, the audio cd, videos on internet and my girlfriend. 2 weeks seem to be enough for this goal.
15/10/13 Activity I discovered the book. I worked on the first lesson even it was something that I had already learnt. It permits me to know if internet was a good source to learn korean. I realized that book is more precise and permit me to win time when I am working. It's a good way to organize my work too cause it's about important things to start the korean langage. With the CD, the book and exercice book I can work on reading, writting, speaking and listening.
Feeling Use a new way to work motivate me to work. I worked 2 hours without stopping. Change source permit me to keep the motivation by moving sources, work time,... I think the book is a good way to workbut I will need to keep internet and my korean friends as way to learn too.
19/10/13 Activity I read quickly the second lesson: 45 min cause I had no more time.
Feeling Even my time is short, I can use the book to work. I keep in memory some website to Watch video about what I learn in the book too. Show to my girlfriend my increasement is a good way to keep the motivation too.
21/10/13 Activity I read some text (simple) in koreans and search for the vocabulary. (1h)
Feeling I feel really comfortable and passionate when I am studying korean. I realised that the only problem is time but if I was free, I could work so long time without stopping.
22/10/13 Activity I used skype with my girlfriend and speak in korean to introduce myself. The goal was to learn my learning. (1h)
Feeling This work permits me to use what I learnt and confront my learning to a real korean. I am really happy when korean (frther my girlfriend) show me that she is proud of my learning. It's a good way to keep the motivation
24/10/13 Activity I made some exercice about introducement. 1h
Feeling This kind of work, more acadeic, is a good way for me to self-assess my learning. I feel really comfortable during exercice and I perceived just some little problem about the differenciation for few letter: cause they sound the same way.
04/11/13 Activity Last week, I didn't find the time to work cause I was really busy. This week I continue to work about introducement with exercices. (1h)
Feeling Now, I feel really comfortable with the introducement in korean. I can say that MY FIRST GOAL is fill. This goal was: First goal: Be abble to introduce myself (writing and speaking) and understand someone who is introducing himself (reading and listenning). For this I have to work with the book, the audio cd, videos on internet and my girlfriend. 2 weeks seem to be enough for this goal. The problem is that I am in delay. Indeed, I planed to finish 2 weekds ago.
07/11/13 Activity Today, I look for a new goal. This new goal is the following:
Second goal: For the end of december, I have to be abble to introduce me and ask information about someone. For this I have to work with the book, the audio cd, videos on internet and my girlfriend.
Feeling I feel little disapointed to learn slowly. But I know that the biggest problem is the time and this project will permit me to know how learn quickly. This project it's a way to know how I will learn fastly when I will be really free during my break in Korea.
14/11/13 Activity Listen and try to read some little text (more complicated than before). I tried to understand it too and keep the vocabulary.
Feeling I feel good. My book is a really great help to learn and lessons after lessons, I can feel my korean language level improve.
14/11/13 to 29/11/13 Activity I didn't work during two weeks. Cause of my mood, I was really busy and need to clear my head in the same time.
Feeling It is not in my habits to stop in a work so long time. I really like to learn korean language but these days, my feeling was not good to work and after I had to work more to catch up. I chose to go to the Arthur and Philippe radio, it's a good way to revive my project. So, Monday, I will speak about "Cultural difference between France and Korea". About learning korean, I feel that my level decreases: stop 2 weeks after just two months of learning is a lot...
30/11/13 Activity
Find some nice point to tell about during my interview the Monday 2th of December. I note some good points that I knew thanks to my experience. I asked to my girlfriend for others interesting points.
Feeling
This exercice permits me to continue my project after a long break. Moreover, it permits me to use my english improvising what I am saying. I just note the frame of my explanation and improvise. It was really great to speak and let discover others about what I am discovering.
02/12/13 Meeting with Mike REES It stays 4 weeks before the last meeting. I have to work about the time management cause I think I am in delay compared to my goal. Report: for the Thursday 16th of January: 10 pages Oral presentation: for the Thursday 23th of January: 10 minutes and try to be creative.
04/12/13 Activity The activity was about to revise the basic things that I learnt at the beginning. Indeed, I didn't study korean language during long time so I needed to revise all. I used one and half hour to read and remember all about symbols and their pronounciation.
Feeling I changed few things in my way to work: -At the beginning I used a notebook to note all my learning. Since I use a book to learn, I stopped to note in my notebook. It was a mistake. So, I decided to use again my notebook to sum up all informations that I learn in my Korean book. -About the time, I decided to work minimum 3 hours by week. Before, I have never fix some minimum duration by week. When I had time, I worked a lot but when I was busy, I didn't find time to work. Now, every week, I have to work minimum 3 hours. So every Sunday, if I realize I didn't work enough during the week, I study korean during three hours. I even use a chronometer to really check my working time by week.
About the activity, I feel pitty to have to study about symbols and their pronouciation whereas I learnt it more than two months ago. I realized, that learning is fast but to forget can be fast too at the beginning of a language learning.
07/12/13 Activity I needed to refresh how to introduce me or someone else. I worked one hour about reading all that I saw about this topic. I read and listen some little story in my book about one and half hour.
This is a dialogue between Samira (a Moroccan girl) and Léo (a Belgianm guy)
Feeling One more time, I feel pitty to have to study about it whereas I learnt it one month ago but I feel happy to refind the motivation and the time to work my korean language. I realised that I managed to remember a lot of thing that I read just one or two times before. For this first week with a way to manage my time, I can conclude that I managed to fill my goal: work 3h.
10/12/13 Activity This week, I have more free time to work. I decided to note all that I learnt about introducement in my note book. I used one hour to note all.
My notebook
Feeling I think that the step "note in my notebook" is an important step in my learning. Now, when I learn about a topic, I read in the book, I listen with the audio CD, I note in the notebook and I tell about to my girlfriend. The notebook permit me to find information quickly when I need something learnt before. At the beginning, when I used the note book, I noted in and translated in French. Now, to make it simple, I note in Korean and translate in French. Before, I wrote with french letters almost all the korean words: I stopped to do it to get used to the korean symbols. I decided to add some colors too: it permits me to distinguish different parts like : grammar, exemple, vocabulary, ... 12/12/13 Activity I did written exercices and listening exercices in the book. These exercices was about introducement. I did speaking exercice with my girlfriend. It permits me to check and correct my pronounciation.
Feeling I feel really nice to work frequently and improve day after day. Even all is fine, I feel that I can improve faster when I will be in Korea. Indeed, I need to speak more to improve faster. I realised it during my ERASMUS in Luleå, speak every day in english permited me to improve faster.
15/12/13 Activity I just read all that I did until now and checked all that I memorized or not. I didn't count but there are about 200 vocabulary words, few grammar rules,...
Feeling I don't like this way to learn: read and read again until memorize. But, the only thing that I found to replace it is to speak. I can do it when I will be in korea. So until february, I have to use this basic method and try to speak more with my korean friends.
Here it is the beginning of a new way to work. Still in order to avoid the Procrastination, I will define the improvement.
Now it is:
-less structured: no activity planned for a specific day but some goals to achieve for 1, 2 or 3 weeks later.
-more flexible: no time restrictions. I don't have to do, I can do cause I am motivated.
-based on the motivation: I have the motivation due to the personnal aspect of this project. Now, I have to keep it by using various way. A ressource more professional using like working axis is added in my way to work. This way is a book: "Cours De Coréen - Niveau Débutant - 2 Volumes (2cd Audio)". It's not a simple book but it mixes listenning, speaking, writing and reading. It includes culture too. It can permit me to fulfill my own goal: "Be abble to introduce myself and answer to my need with the korean langage" it is about korean day life.
-analyze my work easier: each 1, 2 or three weeks I will define a new goal. I will have few weeks to fulfill it. Every working time, I will use the wikispace for two things: explain my achieved activity (what, where, how,...) and my feeling.
07/10/13: Current issue (from the last meeting with M.REES): How to learn the Korean language day to day and in 5 months whereas I am working at the last time?
14/10/13
First goal: Be abble to introduce myself (writing and speaking) and understand someone who is introducing himself (reading and listenning). For this I have to work with the book, the audio cd, videos on internet and my girlfriend. 2 weeks seem to be enough for this goal.
15/10/13
Activity
I discovered the book. I worked on the first lesson even it was something that I had already learnt. It permits me to know if internet was a good source to learn korean. I realized that book is more precise and permit me to win time when I am working. It's a good way to organize my work too cause it's about important things to start the korean langage. With the CD, the book and exercice book I can work on reading, writting, speaking and listening.
Feeling
Use a new way to work motivate me to work. I worked 2 hours without stopping. Change source permit me to keep the motivation by moving sources, work time,... I think the book is a good way to workbut I will need to keep internet and my korean friends as way to learn too.
19/10/13
Activity
I read quickly the second lesson: 45 min cause I had no more time.
Feeling
Even my time is short, I can use the book to work. I keep in memory some website to Watch video about what I learn in the book too. Show to my girlfriend my increasement is a good way to keep the motivation too.
21/10/13
Activity
I read some text (simple) in koreans and search for the vocabulary. (1h)
Feeling
I feel really comfortable and passionate when I am studying korean. I realised that the only problem is time but if I was free, I could work so long time without stopping.
22/10/13
Activity
I used skype with my girlfriend and speak in korean to introduce myself. The goal was to learn my learning. (1h)
Feeling
This work permits me to use what I learnt and confront my learning to a real korean. I am really happy when korean (frther my girlfriend) show me that she is proud of my learning. It's a good way to keep the motivation
24/10/13
Activity
I made some exercice about introducement. 1h
Feeling
This kind of work, more acadeic, is a good way for me to self-assess my learning. I feel really comfortable during exercice and I perceived just some little problem about the differenciation for few letter: cause they sound the same way.
04/11/13
Activity
Last week, I didn't find the time to work cause I was really busy. This week I continue to work about introducement with exercices. (1h)
Feeling
Now, I feel really comfortable with the introducement in korean. I can say that MY FIRST GOAL is fill. This goal was:
First goal: Be abble to introduce myself (writing and speaking) and understand someone who is introducing himself (reading and listenning). For this I have to work with the book, the audio cd, videos on internet and my girlfriend. 2 weeks seem to be enough for this goal.
The problem is that I am in delay. Indeed, I planed to finish 2 weekds ago.
07/11/13
Activity
Today, I look for a new goal. This new goal is the following:
Second goal: For the end of december, I have to be abble to introduce me and ask information about someone. For this I have to work with the book, the audio cd, videos on internet and my girlfriend.
Feeling
I feel little disapointed to learn slowly. But I know that the biggest problem is the time and this project will permit me to know how learn quickly. This project it's a way to know how I will learn fastly when I will be really free during my break in Korea.
14/11/13
Activity
Listen and try to read some little text (more complicated than before). I tried to understand it too and keep the vocabulary.
Feeling
I feel good. My book is a really great help to learn and lessons after lessons, I can feel my korean language level improve.
14/11/13 to 29/11/13
Activity
I didn't work during two weeks. Cause of my mood, I was really busy and need to clear my head in the same time.
Feeling
It is not in my habits to stop in a work so long time. I really like to learn korean language but these days, my feeling was not good to work and after I had to work more to catch up. I chose to go to the Arthur and Philippe radio, it's a good way to revive my project. So, Monday, I will speak about "Cultural difference between France and Korea". About learning korean, I feel that my level decreases: stop 2 weeks after just two months of learning is a lot...
30/11/13
Activity
Find some nice point to tell about during my interview the Monday 2th of December. I note some good points that I knew thanks to my experience. I asked to my girlfriend for others interesting points.
Feeling
This exercice permits me to continue my project after a long break. Moreover, it permits me to use my english improvising what I am saying. I just note the frame of my explanation and improvise. It was really great to speak and let discover others about what I am discovering.
02/12/13
Meeting with Mike REES
It stays 4 weeks before the last meeting. I have to work about the time management cause I think I am in delay compared to my goal.
Report: for the Thursday 16th of January: 10 pages
Oral presentation: for the Thursday 23th of January: 10 minutes and try to be creative.
04/12/13
Activity
The activity was about to revise the basic things that I learnt at the beginning. Indeed, I didn't study korean language during long time so I needed to revise all. I used one and half hour to read and remember all about symbols and their pronounciation.
Feeling
I changed few things in my way to work:
-At the beginning I used a notebook to note all my learning. Since I use a book to learn, I stopped to note in my notebook. It was a mistake. So, I decided to use again my notebook to sum up all informations that I learn in my Korean book.
-About the time, I decided to work minimum 3 hours by week. Before, I have never fix some minimum duration by week. When I had time, I worked a lot but when I was busy, I didn't find time to work. Now, every week, I have to work minimum 3 hours. So every Sunday, if I realize I didn't work enough during the week, I study korean during three hours. I even use a chronometer to really check my working time by week.
About the activity, I feel pitty to have to study about symbols and their pronouciation whereas I learnt it more than two months ago. I realized, that learning is fast but to forget can be fast too at the beginning of a language learning.
07/12/13
Activity
I needed to refresh how to introduce me or someone else. I worked one hour about reading all that I saw about this topic. I read and listen some little story in my book about one and half hour.
Feeling
One more time, I feel pitty to have to study about it whereas I learnt it one month ago but I feel happy to refind the motivation and the time to work my korean language. I realised that I managed to remember a lot of thing that I read just one or two times before. For this first week with a way to manage my time, I can conclude that I managed to fill my goal: work 3h.
10/12/13
Activity
This week, I have more free time to work. I decided to note all that I learnt about introducement in my note book. I used one hour to note all.
Feeling
I think that the step "note in my notebook" is an important step in my learning. Now, when I learn about a topic, I read in the book, I listen with the audio CD, I note in the notebook and I tell about to my girlfriend. The notebook permit me to find information quickly when I need something learnt before.
At the beginning, when I used the note book, I noted in and translated in French. Now, to make it simple, I note in Korean and translate in French. Before, I wrote with french letters almost all the korean words: I stopped to do it to get used to the korean symbols. I decided to add some colors too: it permits me to distinguish different parts like : grammar, exemple, vocabulary, ...
12/12/13
Activity
I did written exercices and listening exercices in the book. These exercices was about introducement. I did speaking exercice with my girlfriend. It permits me to check and correct my pronounciation.
Feeling
I feel really nice to work frequently and improve day after day. Even all is fine, I feel that I can improve faster when I will be in Korea. Indeed, I need to speak more to improve faster. I realised it during my ERASMUS in Luleå, speak every day in english permited me to improve faster.
15/12/13
Activity
I just read all that I did until now and checked all that I memorized or not. I didn't count but there are about 200 vocabulary words, few grammar rules,...
Feeling
I don't like this way to learn: read and read again until memorize. But, the only thing that I found to replace it is to speak. I can do it when I will be in korea. So until february, I have to use this basic method and try to speak more with my korean friends.
16/12/13
Meeting with Mike REES